RFYN statement to UN’s International Year of Youth

“The role of youth in the progress of Afghanistan”

Work by Afghan members of our youth network (‘RFYN’)  submitted for:    High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth

@ UN Headquarters, New York
25-26 July 2011

RFYN contribution to UN High-Level Meeting (PDF, 3 pages)

Illustrated article “The role of youth in the progress of Afghanistan” by Jafar Askandary  (PDF, 5 pages)

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